German 95th Infantry Division

The German 95th Infantry Division was a German division that was active 19 September 1939 to February 1945 during World War II. The division was sent to defend the Siegfried Line from September 1939 to May 1940, and it fought in France in 1940, later being deployed to Germany and then to Poland. In 1941, it took part in Operation Barbarossa, fighting its way into the Soviet Union. The division fought at the First Battle of Kiev, and the division was destroyed at Vitebsk in June 1944 during Operation Bagration. On 10 September 1944, the division was once more ready to fight, and it was placed in East Prussia as a part of Army Group Center. In February 1945, after fighting at the Battle of Memel, the battered division surrendered to the Soviet Red Army at Pillau.